Zut

General-purpose utility Python library to minimize boilerplate code by reusing common code and patterns.

Install

Zut is published on PyPI.

Install with pip:

pip install zut

Zut is designed to work with the Python standard library (version >= 3.7) as its sole mandatory dependency.

Optional dependencies may be installed using an extra specifier:

pip install zut[excel] : write and read Excel files with module zut.excel (installs openpyxl defusedxml).
pip install zut[tab] : display tabular data elegantly (installs tabulate). If this dependency is not included, the library provides a polyfill for the tabulate function to handle simple cases.
pip install zut[time] : parse timezones from string, get local timezone name or convert between naive and aware datetimes in various timezones (installs tzdata and tzlocal on Windows; does not install anything on Linux if Python >= 3.9 because this feature is natively available).
pip install zut[perf] : track elapsed time and memory consumption with module zut.perf (installs psutil).
pip install zut[sql] : advanced SQL parsing in module zut.sql (installs sqlparse).

Database adapters:

pip install zut[maria]: access MariaDB databases (installs mysqlclient and sqlparse).
pip install zut[mysql]: access MySQL databases (installs mysqlclient and sqlparse).
pip install zut[pg]: access PostgreSQL databases (installs psycopg and sqlparse).
pip install zut[sqlserver]: access Microsoft SQL Server databases (installs pyodbc, sqlparams and sqlparse).
pip install zut[sqlite]: access SQLite databases (installs sqlparse).

Use pip install zut[all] to install all extras.

Features

Module	Summary
`zut.api`	A JSON-oriented API client depending only on the Python standard library.
`zut.build`	Build helpers: get information about Git repositories, transpile makrdown files.
`zut.callback`	HTTP callback server, typically used for redirects of authorization flows.
`zut.choices`	Polyfills for Django's `Choices` classes so that shared libraries may define choice models without depending on Django.
`zut.collection`	Parse and convert lists and dicts.
`zut.command`	Define and run command-line interfaces.
`zut.config`	Extend ways to access `ConfigParser` sections.
`zut.context`	Information about the execution context: script path and name, user scopes, SID, etc.
`zut.convert`	Flexible conversion of types.
`zut.csv`	Write and read CSV using flexible format options.
`zut.db`	Generic database access and tools.
`zut.db.base`	Base abstraction to access different database backends.
`zut.db.maria`	Adapter for MariaDB databases.
`zut.db.mysql`	Adapter for MySQL databases.
`zut.db.pg`	Adapter for PostgreSQL databases.
`zut.db.sqlite`	Adapter for SQLite databases.
`zut.db.sqlserver`	Adapter for Microsoft SQL Server databases.
`zut.env`	Load `.env` files and read environment handling type conversions and default values.
`zut.excel`	Write and read Excel tables (requires `zut[excel]` extra: `openpyxl defusedxml`).
`zut.file`	Archivate files.
`zut.geo`	Find geographical libraries.
`zut.gpg`	Encryption and decryption using GnuPG.
`zut.graph`	Topological sort of dependency graphs
`zut.json`	Write and read JSON using extended encoder and decoder.
`zut.locale`	Registration of locales and retrieval of information about locales.
`zut.logging`	Configuration of logging and helpers for specific use cases.
`zut.net`	Resolve DNS with a timeout, check port status, determine proxy, etc.
`zut.numeric`	Parse and convert numbers.
`zut.passwordstore`	Manage passwords with GPG using `pass` file structure.
`zut.path`	Normalize and check paths, find paths to the root hierarchy, get default application directories.
`zut.perf`	Track elapsed time and memory consumption (requires `zut[perf]` extra: `psutil`).
`zut.pip`	Install PyPi dependencies with `pip`.
`zut.process`	Run processes and handle process errors (wrappers and extensions on stdlib's `subprocess`).
`zut.secret`	Define and resolve secrets.
`zut.sql`	Format and parse SQL queries.
`zut.tab`	Provide a polyfill for the `tabulate` function to handle simple cases.
`zut.term`	Console ANSI colors and live, interactive Console output.
`zut.text`	Manage UTF8 BOM, fix encoding issues, generate slugs, provide flexible filters.
`zut.time`	Parse and convert dates, times and time zones.
`zut.typing`	Python typing helpers.
`zut.unittest`	Test runner wrapper and polyfills for `unittest`.
`zut.url`	Build and manipulate URLs.

Contribute

Pull requests are welcome.

See contributing guidelines.

Legal

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.

Logo by Eric Watson - Dreamstime.com ("Royalty-free vector").

Development Status
- 5 - Production/Stable
Operating System
- OS Independent
Programming Language
- Python :: 3
Topic
- Software Development :: Libraries

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